The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 184: THE LAZY SUNBATHERS

[Houdini]

Let's compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 by rating all 232 Moz/Smiths-songs.

Song for Today: THE LAZY SUNBATHERS

Voting should be something along these lines:
10: Perfection
9: Near perfect, brilliant
8: Really good Moz/Smiths song
7: Good Moz/Smiths song
6: OK, Nothing special
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
3: Bad
2: Should never have been released
1: He/They should be ashamed

The songs so far (voting is still open, click to vote):

Part 183: The Headmaster Ritual (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80348)
Part 182: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80300)
Part 181: The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80260)
Part 180: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80225)
Part 179: The Father Who Must Be Killed (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80203)
Part 178: The Edges Are No Longer Parallel (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80143)
Part 177: The Draize Train (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80111)
Part 176: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80071)
Part 175: The Boy Racer (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80040)
Part 174: That's Entertainment (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80004)
Part 173: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79972)
Part 172: Teenage Dad On His Estate (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79931)
Part 171: Sweetie Pie (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79856)
Part 170: Sweet And Tender Hooligan (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79759)
Part 169: Sunny (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79710)
Part 168: Suffer Little Children (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79619)
Part 167: Suedehead (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79575)
Part 166: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79512)
Part 165: Stretch Out And Wait (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79443)
Part 164: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79377)
Part 163: Still Ill (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79252)
Part 162: Spring-Heeled Jim (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79215)
Part 161: Speedway (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79159)
Part 160: Southpaw (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79118)
Part 159: Sorrow Will Come In The End (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79088)
Part 158: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79016)
Part 157: Slum Mums
Part 156: Skin Storm
Part 155: Sister, I'm A Poet (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78857)
Part 154: Sing Your Life
Part 153: Shoplifters Of The World Unite (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78770)
Part 152: Sheila Take A Bow (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78716)
Part 151: Shakespeare's Sister
Part 150: Seasick Yet Still Docked (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78609)
Part 149: Satan Rejected My Soul
Part 148: Rusholme Ruffians (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78520)
Part 147: Rubber Ring (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78444)
Part 146: Roy's Keen
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78386)
Part 144: Redondo Beach
Part 143: Reader Meet Author
Part 142: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Part 141: Pregnant For The Last Time
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78163)
Part 139: Piccadilly Palare (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78138)
Part 138: Pashernate Love
Part 137: Papa Jack
Part 136: Panic (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78042)
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77981)
Part 134: Our Frank
Part 133: Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Part 132: Oscillate Wildly
Part 131: On The Streets I Ran
Part 130: Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
Part 129: Nowhere Fast (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77706)
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77664)
Part 127: Now I Am A Was
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77601)
Part 125: Noise Is The Best Revenge
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77524)
Part 123: No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Part 122: Never Had No One Ever
Part 121: My Love Life
Part 120: My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Part 119: Mute Witness
Part 118: Munich Air Disaster 1958
Part 117: Moonriver
Part 116: Money Changes Everything
Part 115: Miserable Lie
Part 114: Michael's Bones
Part 113: Mexico
Part 112: Meat Is Murder
Part 111: Margaret On The Guillotine
Part 110: Maladjusted
Part 109: Lucky Lisp
Part 108: Lost
Part 107: London
Part 106: Little Man, What Now?
Part 105: Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76672)
Part 103: Let the Right One Slip In
Part 102: Let Me Kiss You (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76595)
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76554)
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76504)
Part 99: King Leer
Part 98: Journalists Who Lie
Part 97: Jeane (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76371)
Part 96: Jack The Ripper (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76326)
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange? (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76225)
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76176)
Part 92: Interlude
Part 91: Interesting Drug (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76082)
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75911)
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 84: I'd Love To (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75703)
Part 83: I Won't Share You (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75641)
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75545)
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75466)
Part 79: I Like You
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75361)
Part 77: I Know It's Over (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75303)
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75263)
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75014)
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74781)
Part 66: Human Being
Part 65: How Soon Is Now? (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74712)
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74593)
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74491)
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 59: He Cried
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 57: Handsome Devil (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74213)
Part 56: Hand In Glove (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74150)
Part 55: Half A Person (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74076)
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74018)
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73727)
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 48: Girl Afraid (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73629)
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73179)
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73130) (follow this link for first 40 songs).

[Chartres]

Weakest song on Vauxhall & I, not that's there any shame in that, it's just a very good song.

:D

[Radio Berlin]

I agree with Chartres...
8 for me.

[mozmal]

Couldn't agree more - on any other album this would be a standout song, but such is the strength of Vauxhall that this is just a very good song. 8 from me.

[CrystalGeezer]

10 One of my favorite songs.

[Corrissey]

A 7 (not that there's anything wrong with that :)) It's a sweet song, sitting nicely nestled between Sweet Boy and Speedway. I kind of like the -coincidental?- lazyness feel of it too and esp the lyrics "too jaded to question stagnation".

[Sonia]

I absolutely adore this song.
10 from me!

[Comtesse]

The weakest track on Vauxhall & I - silly, but still quite lovely in its way. Still, only ranks a 7.

[Maurice E]

'The lazy songwriters' more like (hehe-see what I done!).
A meandering jangle and a half-baked lyric earns it a (frankly generous) 6.

What is it about 'Vauxhall and I' that seems to rob people of their critical faculties?

[SNS22]

This and that other song about going to the beach dragged down what would otherwise be the most brilliant album ever recorded....even Moon River is better than this one

[vicarinatutugal]

not a fan of this really.

[meat_is_murder19]

Never really liked this one,always seemed like a bad filler song

[westendgirl]

Now this song, is one of my most favorite "sing-a-long" songs for that thread, dunno where it is.

This one tends to be put on repeat...:)

[prue4ever]

its ok, just not my favourite. 7

[celibate]

a 5

along with 'used to b a sweet boy' 2 songs on Vauxhall who didn't
work out, fitted...

the keypoint behind the lyrics of this song are much more interesting
than the song, the lyrics of this song aren't bad, just uninspired, taking
the topic of the song in mind

musicly is dull, and must admit, that my beloved producer Steve Lillywhite
failed on this one

would you please keep the noise down

could be me new sigline:rolleyes:

[applebuttaz]

it didnt work for me.

[Well I Wonder]

8/10. Great lyrics. People sunning themselves whilst other people are being blown to pieces elsewhere. I like it a lot. Nice change of pace on V&I....

[starless]

10 for the melody and the historical reference.